Quotes About Diversity

There are lots of great educationalists out there who really care about social mobility.

I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of way. I think that's not right and that it's just because they don't understand the discourse. The art world is filled with vibrancy.

I would have loved to play Atticus in 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' There's no music in it, but it doesn't mean I wouldn't want to do it!

I don't intend to write the same kind of book for the rest of my life because I feel I would not be satisfied only writing in one mode.

The beauty of interdisciplinary conversation is that the mode of expression is essentially different for each practitioner, even if ideas are shared.

Sometimes I want to listen to sad music, sometimes something fun and sometimes you're in romantic mode.

The mode of work as well the reach of all media are different.

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys.

I like to think I'm a role model for women. But I also don't like to just limit it to women. I like to think I'm a role model for human beings in general.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.

There's definitely been times when I've been on sets and I was the bigger model in the room, where they're casting girls.

I've always wanted to do a feature film, because, as a model, you have to play so many different characters.

I don't model myself on just one person because I don't think that's healthy.

Not everybody is some kind of media model.

My favorite part of modeling is backstage. Every day you work with different people, and as much as people learn about my story, I get to learn about theirs.

Modeling gave me an opportunity to be someone I'm not each day.

The faces I see in the modeling industry can get dull.

I never had only one job. I was either playing ball or writing or doing TV or modeling.

By no means am I trying to change the modeling industry.

I would love to do more modeling. I would love to do anything really, mainstream, and help to create, I guess, a feeling of acceptance for people who are different and not look at them like they're freaks or whatever.

When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to the agencies and they would be like, 'We already have one mixed-race black girl.'